Opening early 2027
One high-capacity charging stop, placed in central Anaheim right off I-5 and close to the SR-57 junction, so drivers from across the county can reach it without rebuilding their day around it. Charging takes real minutes, so there is coffee, fresh food and somewhere decent to sit while you wait.
The corridor logic
Three million people live across dozens of Orange County cities, and the EV drivers among them are spread just as thin. Scattering a few two-stall chargers around that map does not solve the problem, it just moves the uncertainty around.
I-5 runs the length of Orange County, and SR-57 comes down through the north of it to meet I-5 near the Platinum Triangle. Between them they carry a large share of everything that moves across the county. A charging site placed at that junction is not somewhere you make a special trip to, it is somewhere you are near already.
The thing that makes public charging stressful is not speed, it is arriving to find every stall taken. Seventy two Superchargers on one site is a different proposition from six here and four there. It is the difference between hoping and knowing.
Most Orange County drivers keep a rough mental list of chargers they trust. A single high-capacity hub on the main north to south route is easier to hold in your head than a dozen scattered ones, and it stays useful whether you are heading to work, to the coast or out of the county entirely.
The hub itself sits in central Anaheim. For the street address, parking and directions, see the Anaheim location.
Where it reaches
Central Anaheim sits near the middle of the county's road network rather than off at one edge of it. These are the Orange County cities within an ordinary drive of the hub.
Deliberately no minutes. Travel time across Orange County swings with traffic, the hour and the day, and a number we could not stand behind would be worse than none. This is geography, which is the part that does not change.
While you charge
Even at 500kW a charge is not instant, and the honest answer is that you will be out of the car for a while. That time is the whole reason this is a cafe and not a car park with cables.
A proper espresso bar, not a machine bolted to a wall in a parking structure.
Real food made on site, for the times a charge stop lands on top of a meal.
Indoor seating and tables, so charging is time you spend rather than time you kill.
Quick enough to answer email, join a call or get a stretch of work done.
The thing every driver checks for and almost no charging site takes seriously.
The charging
The numbers below describe the site being built. They are capability, which is what you can reasonably plan around.
72
Enough stalls that arriving at a busy hour is not a gamble. Capacity is the part that decides whether you wait, and it is the part scattered two-stall sites cannot fix.
Up to 500kW
Planned peak capability. What any single car actually draws depends on the vehicle, its battery temperature and its state of charge, so treat this as the ceiling of the site, not a promise per car.
All EVs
Whatever you drive. The site is being built as a public charging destination for Orange County drivers, not as a club for one badge.
EV Cafe is pre-launch and these are the current plans for the site, so specifications may change before opening.
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Questions
EV Cafe is planned to open in early 2027. It is not open yet, so there is nothing to visit today. The form on this page is the way to be told when that changes.
The hub sits in central Anaheim, right off I-5 and close to the SR-57 junction, minutes from the Platinum Triangle, OC Vibe and the ARTIC transit hub. Central Anaheim was chosen precisely because it is reachable from most of the county rather than tucked into one corner of it. For the street address, parking and turn by turn directions, see the Anaheim location page.
Go to the Anaheim location for the address and directions.
Yes. The plan is 72 Superchargers with charging of up to 500kW, and all EVs are welcome regardless of make. The speed any individual car reaches depends on that vehicle and its battery, not only on the charger.
No. It is a public charging and dining destination, open to anyone. The site is deliberately placed on the county road network so drivers from across Orange County, and drivers passing through on I-5 or SR-57, can use it just as easily as people who live nearby.
This page answers the county level question, which is where to charge in Orange County and why one central hub serves the whole county. The Anaheim location page covers the site itself: the street address, how to find it and what is immediately around it. If you already know you are heading to Anaheim, that page is the more useful one.
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